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Author:Henry Edward Krehbiel
A Book of Operas - Their Histories Their Plots and Their Music
A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music was written by Henry Krehbiel. The book begins at the beginning of opera in the United States "The history of what is popularly called Italian opera begins in the United States with a...- $18.45
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Author:Giuseppe Verdi
Aida in Full Score
Aïda is one of Verdi's greatest gifts to grand opera. It magnificently combines high drama, stage spectacle, and a musical score that is one of the glories of operatic writing. A great success from its first performance over a century ago, it continues to...- $29.95
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Author:William O. Cord
An Introduction to Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen: A Handbook
Today, more than a century after its first performance, Richard Wagner's The Ring of Nibelung endures as one of the most significant artistic creations in the history of opera. This monumental work not only altered previously accepted concepts of music and drama but also...- $24.95
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Author:Donald Grout
A Short History of Opera
When first published in 1947, A Short History of Opera immediately achieved international status as a classic in the field. Now, more than five decades later, this thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition informs and entertains opera lovers just as its predecessors have. The...- $60.00
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Author:Rodolfo Celletti
A History of Bel Canto
Rodolfo Celletti, who has devoted his whole career to studying the voice from every historical, technical, and musical aspect, offers here a fascinating history of bel canto singing and the voice in operatic literature. He begins by discussing the links between bel canto and...- $64.00
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Author:Friedrich Heinrich Kern
An Exploration of Compositional Technique in the Operas of Kaija Saariaho and Christian Jost
This dissertation essay examines two contemporary operas, L'Amour de loin by Kaija Saariaho and Hamlet by Christian Jost. It describes the influences on each composer that led to their respective operas. In Chapter 1 of the essay, Kern presents both composers' biographies with particular...- $49.90
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Author:Angela Gheorghiu
Angela Gheorghiu: A Life for Art
Angela Gheorghiu is one of the most passionate and talented artists working in opera today, a larger-than-life figure whose intensity and drive, on stage and off, have commanded the attention of the opera world. Largely composed of exclusive interviews with the artist, this authorized...- $35.00
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24 Italian Songs and Arias - Medium Low Voice
Offered in two accessible keys suitable for all singers, it is likely to be the first publication a voice teacher will ask a first-time student to purchase. The classic Parisotti realizations result in rich, satisfying accompaniments which allow singers pure musical enjoyment.Author: Hal Leonard...- $8.99
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Author:Eleanor Selfridge-Field
A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760
From 1637 to the middle of the eighteenth century, Venice was the world center for operatic activity. No exact chronology of the Venetian stage during this period has previously existed in any language. This reference work, the culmination of two decades of research throughout...- $100.00
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Author:Giuseppe Verdi
Aida: Opera Completa Per Canto E Pianoforte
A group of resourceful kids start solution-seekers.com, a website where cybervisitors can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the...- $39.95
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Author:Richard Somerset-Ward
Angels and Monsters: Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera, 1600-1900
During its first two centuries, opera was dominated by sopranos. There were male sopranos, or castrati, whose supercharged voices (female vocal cords powered by male lungs) were capable of feats of vocalism that are hard to imagine today. And there were female sopranos, or...- $44.00
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